Raw Material Durability, Function, and Retouch in the Upper Paleolithic of the Transbaikal Region, Siberia

Lithic Materials and Paleolithic Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 256-269

  Terry, Karisa ^a   Andrefsky, William ^a   Konstantinov, Mikhail V ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSBAIKAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Curtain task performances "functional" preferences; Human land use practices intimately related to artifact provisioning strategies; Raw material durability,function, and retouch; Stone tool reduction intensity; Tool function and lithic raw material; Tool function and retouch intensity

Indexed keywords

LAND USE;

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; HUMAN LAND USE; MATERIAL DURABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY; RAW MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; STONE TOOL REDUCTION INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84920041246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444311976.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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